I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make both left and right tanks match if I change the fuel levels in MSFS.The left always shows 100% eventhough I put 50% in both left and right.I do have unlimited fuel deselected. Another ? is do I have to update the load manager for each initial use of MSFS or can I kepp it static and it will be used for all flights until I make a change.ThanksSU1 FS9P4 1.9/512/GF4-4200 64megAndy

Hi Andy,I bet you are trying to load fuel while APU is running. Fuel loading is not allowed when APU or ENG are running. ;-) So pause the sim, load fuel and unpause. Tell us how it worked!The setting you saved in the Load Manager will be kept until you change it with the LM again.Hope it helps,

Sorry to butt in here, but for my own peace of mind, am I correct in assuming therefore that the loadmanger overides the FS9 payload option. In other words, assuming a ZFW=37.7 (No Payload) set within FS9's Payload/Fuel menu, and a previously set payload within loadmanager of 10K, then the actual/real ZFW would be 47.7K and not the 37.7K as set within FS9.This being the case, then the aircraft model would perform correctly and explain why I need MAX CONT POWER to achieve the flight levels which I should be able to achieve if I'd used the correct ZFW in my calculations.(If I've explained this correctly I'll be amazed!)

AdrianYou can change the load anywhere you like. Either in FS or with the LM. Our VA has a W&B module that takes car of the loading of our aircraft. They all write to the same file and section, namely 'station_load.x' in the aircraft.cfg. So if I am to correct myself, the last load change you made will be your load when starting FS. If you saved a load with the Load Manager and alter that in the FS payload menu the FS load rules.If I've understood you, and explained this correctly I'll be amazed ;-)Hope it helps,

Mats,Thanks for the info. So in effect, one never needs to use the load manager program as it can be done on the fly within FS9. (I'm not being derogatory about load manager, just a question of convenience)Now that that is sorted another little question....Does any body find that FSBUILD v2.1.1 gives very optimistic flight levels during planning when using the default 737-700 aircraft with the setting in KGs. I find that quite regularly it fires out a plan with a zfw of 50K plus 9K of fuel and sends me to 410 straight away. This also being aggravated by TAT of ISA+15 so on occasion I've used MAX CONT POWER and on one occasion is was so bad that I had to jettison the pax and their bags (smirk)/ Hehehe I did invite them back after 90 minutes though when I burn of a little fuel.Thats what I love about flight sim, I can fulfil some of my real life fantasies without ending up in jail or the cemetery :)

I just posted up about this over at the fsbuild forum, you can check out what Ernie said about it. I my case it seems a bit high but I have always managed to reach it. Make sure that you coordinate the loads in fsbuild. When planning, I always have both the PMDG load planner AND fsbuild open - then I coordinate the weights from PMDG and place them into the aircraft section of FSbuild and build the plan. Seems to work ok for me (I am in imperial units).

>Does any body find that FSBUILD v2.1.1 gives very optimistic>flight levels during planning when using the default 737-700>aircraft with the setting in KGs. I find that quite regularly>it fires out a plan with a zfw of 50K plus 9K of fuel and>sends me to 410 straight away. This also being aggravated by>TAT of ISA+15 so on occasion I've used MAX CONT POWER and on>one occasion is was so bad that I had to jettison the pax and>their bags (smirk)/ Hehehe I did invite them back after 90>minutes though when I burn of a little fuel.I recommend you select the 'step climb' option when you have heavy weight departures like you are describing. Then Fsbuild 2.1 will initially climb to the optimum altitude (prob 370) for that Gross Weight and step up to the final cruise altitude as the fuel burns off.Regards.Ernie.

Hi Ernie,I'll post the reply in the fsbuild forum :)

Excuse me if I pop in on the discussion,but since I still use my good old faithful FS2002 and this doesn't have the option of altering the load of the planes like FS9, I have to use the loadmanager.What I'm asking is this: the max ZFW is still unchanged, right?But with the SU 1.1 update practically they changed the max GW of both the -700 and -600, right?So it's not 133.000lbs for the -700 and 127.000lbs for the -600. That means I can load more fuel and reach ETOPS capability, but what I would like to know is what's new max GW of both 737 versions?Thank you for enlighting me! :-))Regards,Bjorn